Cornice scaffold



Patented Jan. 16, 1923. l i l I tiran .FRED RTHMANN, 0F BROOKLYN, NEJVYORK.

CORNICE scAFFoLo.

l Application niet Mai-chie, 192e. serial No. 543,699.

To @ZZ whomft't ymuy concern.' Y is supported, thelatter being retainedin Be vitlniown that l, FnnoOn'riiiiANN, a this position in a mannerhereinafter decitizen of the United States, and resident ot scribed,andby means oit cables 8 having one the city oi New York. borough ot.Brooklyn. oivtheir endssuitably anchored Vto a fixed 60 county ci Kings,and State oi New York, portion of the building,

have invented a new andimproved Cornice With a view of providing a basetor the ScaifoldLoi' which the following is a iull, scaffold I utilize aboard or plate 9 whif.:h clear, and exact description, i may be attachedto the ledge 7 by any suit- My invention relates to a scaffold, and abletemporary means such nails 10, and 65 10 aims to provide a device ofthis nature parthis board carries the hinge portions 11 ticularlyadapted for use in connection with which extend beyond the said ledge 7.Also cornice work. the board 9 carries members 12 by means oit It is awell appreciated iact that considerwhich cables 8 may be attachedthereto. able dliiiculty has been experienced in reach- Referring to theusual construction ot the 70 ing a cornice vfor the purpose ot effectingscai'old it will be seen that thesame includes repairs, painting of thesame, etc. and withy a pair of preferably quadrangular iframes this inmind my present invention aims to 13, each of which is convenientlyconstructed provide a scaffold of simple and inexpensive of a series ofangle irons secured together by construction which may be utilized by abolts 14 it being noted that connecting por- 75 repair man or by theusual householder, and tions 15 are provided between the frames 13 bymeans of which an operator will be with a view of connecting the sametogether, enabled to position a supporting member in and that the endsof the outer pair of consuch a manner that the cornice may readilynectin portions 15 are extended upwardly be repaired. beyon .the outerframe 13, then inwardly as 80 It is a further object of this inventionto at 16 to a point adjacent the outer edge of provide a device of thecharacter stated the ledge 7, subsequent to which they are capable ofbeing disassembled so that the again extended upwardly and serve tosupsame may be stored in a minimum amount port the rack 17. of space andi With a view of supporting the scaffold 85 Among further objects ofthis invention is proper by means of the plate 9 it will be that ofproviding a scaffold of the type deseen that as in Figure 2 the hingeportions scribed which may be readily handled by a 11 secured to theboa-rd 9 are adapted to rerelatively unskilled person and which willtain pins 18, and the latter preferably pass provide a structureinsuring the safety of through openings in the portions 16 ot the 90this person while e'ecting repairs upon the connecting members 15, andthe suspend cornice and parts of a building adjacent to ing straps 19preferably of iron have their the same. ends secured to the scaii'old,as indicated,

Still further objects of this invention will their bodies passing over`the bodies of the become apparent in. the annexed speciicapins 18. 95

40 tion, taken in connection with the drawings, Thus assuming that anoperator desires which latter illustrate one practical 'emto properlyposition the scaffold it will be bodiment of the same, and in which;appreciated that the board or plate is posi- Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of a scaftioned upon the ledge 7 in the manner aforefold embodyingmy improved construction described subsequent to which the body of the100 4.5 and showing the same applied to a building. scaffold is placedin the position indicated Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sec indotted lines'in Figure 3. When the parts tional view of a detail ofconstruction of the are in this position it will be obvious that saidscaifold. the pins 18 may be passed through the hinge Figure 3 is asectional side view of the deportions 11 and through the openings in the103 vice as shown in Figure 1, and parts 16, as well as under the bodiesof the Figure 1 is a plan view of the same. straps 19. The scaffold maynow be swung It will be seen in these views that the rei-y to theposition shown in full lines in all erence numeral indicates a buildinghaving of the figures, and it will be obvious that the usual cornice 6forming a part thereof, when the parts are in this position an opera-110 the upper surface of which cornice presents tor will be enabled towork with the utmost a ledge 7 upon which my improved scaiiold freedomalong the cornice, it being understood that a suitable supportingY floor2O associated with tlie lowermost iframe 13, and tliat the rack 1T actsas a. retaining member 'for tools and supplies which may be necessaryfor the work being undertaken.

rlfhus it. will be appreciated that tbe objects oi? this invention areaccomplisliedand it will readily be understood that numerousmodifications oli' structure might readily be resorted to without in theleast departing;` from the scope of my cl-aim; which are l. il scaffoldincluding; a body comprising a plurality of quadrangular iframes`connecting members extendingbetween said frames the outermost of saidconnecting members being' extended beyond the uppermost of said frames,an inwardly extending attached to said inwardly extending portion.

l FRED ORTHMANN.

